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Rev. Dr. Kristin Adkins Whitesides is the Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church, Winchester, VA.  Prior to taking on that role in 2017, Kristin served as the Associate Pastor and Minister to Youth at First Baptist Winchester, beginning in 2005. A graduate of the University of Richmond, Duke Divinity School, and...

Dan Adler is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, music publisher, producer, recording artist, minister and the co-founder of Heart of the City Ministries, a multi-ethnic ministry in the Midwest.  Dan was the Worship Pastor at the Church of the Open Door in Maple Grove, MN from 1985 to 1996. Dan was...

Sandy Adler is a recording artist, speaker, visual artist, and worship leader. She is a graduate of Crown College, and has served in worship ministry with her husband Dan Adler. (Source and photo: danandsandyadler.com)

Pieter Aertsen (1508-1575) was a Dutch painter in the style of Northern Mannerism. He is credited with the invention of the monumental genre scene, which combines still life and genre painting and often also includes a biblical scene in the background. He was active in his native city Amsterdam but also worked for a long period in Antwerp,...

Jane and Jul Sharoon are Pakistani Christian singers who perform as the Agape Sisters. (Source: globalworship.tumblr.com; photo: youtube.com/@AgapeSisters)

Joey Ager is Director for Evangelical Mission at Southwest Washington Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), as well as Design Lead at Design for Peace. He is a Scottish transplant to the Pacific Northwest via Washington, DC and San Diego. He has extensive experience in assisting pastors and congregations...

Rev. Sarah Agnew is a storyteller, poet, and minister in the Uniting Church of Australia. She has worked in Ngunnawal/Ngambri country in Canberra, and in Edinburgh, Scotland. She is adjunct faculty at Uniting College for Leadership and Theology / University of Divinity, and is a member of the Network of Biblical Storytellers' Scholars Seminar. (Source: sarahagnew.com.au)

Grace Mariette Agolia is a doctoral candidate in Systematic Theology at Boston College, and holdes degrees in theology from Boston College's School of Theology and Ministry and the University of Notre Dame. Her academic work centers on ecclesiology and theology of ministry, complemented by publications in Philosophy & Theology and Worship,...

Dr. Joel Aguilar is the dean of post-graduate studies at CETI Continental, and was previously the Director of Leadership Development at Center for Transforming Mission, Guatemala, a part of the Leadership Foundation movement. He is a graudate of University of Pretoria, South Africa; Bakke Graduate University; and Central American Theological Seminary, Guatemala. As a...

Rev. Ryan Ahlgrim serves as pastor of First Mennonite Church of Richmond, VA. He graduated from Goshen College, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (including a semester at Princeton Theological Seminary), and McCormick Theological Seminary through the Chicago Association of Theological Schools D.Min. in Preaching Program. A frequent contributor to church periodicals, Ryan...